NSLUG is a low-key Linux Users Group based in
Halifax, Nova Scotia.
We have an IRC channel (#nslug) on OFTC
if you wish to pop in. If you use XMPP/Jabber, the IRC channel can be bridged by
xmpp:#nslug%irc.oftc.net@irc.cheogram.com
.
In its heyday, NSLUG hosted social and technical meetings, on a near-monthly basis.
Social events (since early 2019) are specially-announced to the list, by anyone
who wishes to host. If you're looking for the next social event, why not host one?
Mailing List
Through a combination of factors and consequences, our mailing list is invite-only.
You can join and issue the following commands
however there would be a much quicker turnaround time to instead drop in the
#nslug@irc.oftc.net IRC chat for
membership.
confirm - Confirm a subscription request.
echo - Echo back your arguments.
end - Stop processing commands.
help - Get help about available email commands.
join - Join this mailing list.
leave - Leave this mailing list.
stop - An alias for 'end'.
subscribe - An alias for 'join'.
unsubscribe - An alias for 'leave'.
who - Get a list of the list members.
The IRC chat is also a good location to troubleshoot potential
issues, although take note of two caveats:
- this LUG mailing list is very quiet (a few threads a year is very common now) which can feel like you're no longer getting messages, and
- any attachments (including PGP signature) will either be refused or it'll hold your message for mod review (and we're slow at checking).
Social Events
This was a less formal atmosphere than the tech talk events. Grab a
coffee, and chat with other members for an hour or two. Some people
brought their laptops or other devices (Raspberry Pi, tablets) either to
show off something they've been working on, or to get technical
assistance.
Social events were held the first Monday of nearly every month (the second
Monday is chosen when the first is a holiday) held from 5:30 to 7:30pm, or
whenever people decide to leave. We met at the Uncommon Grounds coffee shop on
South Park Street, Halifax (between Victoria Road and Inglis Street).
Tech Talks
NSLUG occasionally hosted a series of technical events where members may give a talk.
When held, it replaced the traditional social event where we get coffee.
Tech Talks began at 5:30pm, running about two hours, and have typically been
held in the Jacob Slonim Conference Room (4th floor, room 430) in
Dalhousie's Computer Science building on University Avenue.
The idea was to have members present something they've been working on,
or run a tutorial on some cool technology they're familiar with.
Topics of interest included:
- Performance tuning (linux, apache, nginx...)
- Performance/memory profiling (dtrace, kcachegrind,
Devel::NYTProf...)
- Web development (ruby, perl, javascript, HTML5, CSS3...)
- Appliation development (your latest cool side-project)
- Computer and information security (assessment,
penetration...)
- Privacy (law/policy, technology...)
- Linux kernel (recent developments, little-known features...)
- Open-source programming (Perl, Ruby, C, Python, node.js...)
- Devops (puppet/chef, monitoring...)
- War stories (deep investigation of bugs/performance
degradation...)
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